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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: Each local authority has discretion to draw up its own bye-laws on waste presentation in accordance with: the Local Government Act, 2001 (legislation which is under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government); Section 35 of the Waste Management Act, 1996 and Section 21 of the Litter Pollution Act, 1997 (if necessary). The power to adopt such by-laws is a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: My Department is continuing the work of developing a mechanism to provide a €75 support for persons with lifelong or long-term medical incontinence to help meet the average annual cost of disposing of medical incontinence products. This process has unfortunately taken longer than envisaged, due to data protection issues that have arisen since the introduction of GDPR. However, I can...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I refer to the reply to Question No 618 of 18 September 2018, which details the position in relation to the National Broadband Plan. By way of update, my Department is now evaluating the Final Tender submission received from the bidding consortium on 18 September 2018. This is a significant milestone as the National Broadband Plan procurement process enters its final stage.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The premises referred to by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie,and is therefore included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). My Department is in a formal procurement process to select a company who will roll out a new high speed broadband network in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bioenergy Strategy Publication (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Draft Bioenergy Plan established the policy context for the development of Ireland’s bioenergy sector and set out actions to be undertaken to further the demand for and supply of bioenergy in Ireland. Significant progress has been made in the implementation of these actions including: - the approval by Government of the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat, the opening for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The premises referred to by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at and is therefore included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). My Department is in a formal procurement process to select a company who will roll out a new high speed broadband network in the State intervention area,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 405 together. The EU Energy Efficiency Directive sets out measures Member States must take for the EU to meet its target of improving energy efficiency by 20% by 2020. Article 5 of the Directive provides for the exemplary role of public bodies buildings and includes achieving an annual rate of energy efficient renovation for Government buildings...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: According to my Departments High Speed Broadband Map, available atwww.broadband.gov.ie,there are 19 premises in the townland of Cumminstown in the Ballynacarrigy area, Co Westmeath. Of these premises 2 are in the AMBER area of the map, and 17 are in the LIGHT BLUE area. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State led Intervention under the NBP and are the subject of an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Mid-Year Expenditure Report (MYER) sets out the starting baseline in relation to the gross voted expenditure for 2019. As outlined in the MYER, the technical pre-Budget position for 2019 current expenditure is the current expenditure allocation for this year, as set out in the Revised Estimates Volume (REV). This pre-Budget position will be adjusted to reflect the allocation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: In April 2017 I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website atwww.broadband.gov.ie. This map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). There are approximately 83,200 premises in Co Mayo....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: My Department is in a formal procurement process to select a company who will roll out a new high speed broadband network in the State intervention area, and is now evaluating the Final Tender submission received from the bidding consortium on 18 September 2018. This is a significant milestone as the NBP procurement process enters its final stage. The level of subsidy required to bring...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: In April 2017 I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. This map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan. There are approximately 91,000 premises in Kildare....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: In 2017 I commissioned two studies designed to address the main points of the motions passed in Dáil and Seanad Éireann as well as key concerns expressed by those opposed to the development of the North South Interconnector as an overhead line. The first is an independent study to examine the technical feasibility and cost of undergrounding the interconnector. Three...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Issues (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: My Department, like all Government Departments, has been undertaking Brexit preparedness planning since the UK Government called the Brexit referendum. My Department has published on its website analysis of Brexit issues and hosted public and industry meetings and events. In line with efforts across Government to further intensify preparedness, I sought the views of the energy regulator, CRU,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (25 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Commitment Agreement I signed with eir commits the company to deploy a high speed broadband network to the 300k premises identified in that agreement. Any decision by the company to provide a service to premises not covered by the commitment agreement would be a matter for the company and not a matter in which I have any role.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Internet Safety (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Action Plan for Online Safety, published by Government on 11 July 2018 reaffirms the principle that Ministerial responsibility for policy in relation to online matters is delineated on the basis that, if a Minister is responsible for a policy matter offline, they are responsible for that policy matter - and any aspects of its implementation - online as well. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 215 together. National waste policy is predicated on and consistent with European Union waste policy, which has the waste hierarchy as its cornerstone. Under the waste hierarchy, the prevention, preparation for reuse, recycling and recovery of waste is preferred to the disposal or landfill of waste. Every effort is made to ensure that waste which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: In accordance with the Waste Framework Directive the recovery of waste packaging includes a variety of waste processing operations including:- Recycling - Incineration - Solid Recovered Fuel (which replaces fossil fuels in cement kilns) However, only materials recycled and not recovered can be counted as recycled either in Ireland or abroad. The EU Packaging Directive sets targets for all...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 218 together. I have been advised by my Department that the Bidding Consortium in the National Broadband procurement process is led by Granahan McCourt and that the bidder has nominated a number of key subcontractors including enet, Nokia, Actavo, the Kelly Group and KN Group to assist in the delivery of the National Broadband Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services Data (26 Sep 2018)

Denis Naughten: Action 31 of the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce Implementation Review 2017, which Minister Kyne and I published on 21 February 2018, commits ComReg to developing and subsequently publishing on its consumer website a composite national coverage map, which will enable consumers across Ireland to make better informed decisions when choosing telecommunications service providers. I...